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Old 01-22-2013, 03:04 PM   #1
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I got a new toy in the mail today! Pretty excited! There aren't too many Bruiser builds here on RCC so I figured I'd do one. I probably won't deviate too much from stock for now but hey that's okay! This is my first Tamiya kit ever. She's not going to be a shelf queen either!

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Old 01-22-2013, 06:26 PM   #2
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Hell Yeah!
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Old 01-22-2013, 07:13 PM   #3
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Well I should have taken a photo of the box before I pulled it apart, but I just couldn't resist diving in! I'm used to axial kits where it's a pile of plastic parts trees. There are like 5 plastic pieces in this entire box if you don't count the body! Somewhat exaggerated of course. Everything in here is metal! How cool.


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Old 01-23-2013, 10:20 AM   #4
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So I got a little bit done last night. I'm trying to take my time a little on this build because I don't want it to be done in a day or two. I put together the differentials, those little guys are smaller than an axial locker and have EIGHT gears inside them! I've never seen a locker like that. There is a lot of stuff going on inside that tiny guy! I was going to take a picture but you couldn't really see much with all the grease on them.

What do you guys think about locking them? Should I leave them open or should I lock them up? I don't expect this guy to do any serious crawling. I have other rigs for that. But I'm not just going to be cruising around in the back yard either. I'm leaning toward locking them. I don't see any real benefit to leaving them unlocked. I can always change it later if need be.
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Old 01-23-2013, 10:24 AM   #5
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lock the rear and leave the front open.
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Old 01-23-2013, 10:25 AM   #6
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Really? Why do you say that?
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Old 01-23-2013, 10:25 AM   #7
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Then you get some of the benefits of a locked diff set up but can still turn and handle 3rd gear speed without rolling over.

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Old 01-23-2013, 10:32 AM   #8
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LOL. I have read that the locker in the rear is the more important of the two because it will have the most weight on it in an incline and that's when the locker is important. You might just be onto something there! Of course I'm reading this from referrences to 1:1's. I think I'll try that!
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Old 01-23-2013, 12:09 PM   #9
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Lookin good.
There better be a lot of metal in that box for the money it costs

You gonna stay with the Toyota body or get creative?
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Old 01-23-2013, 12:09 PM   #10
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so... fun to put together so far?

i would just lock them both... the second you want to try to drive over a broom handle and the front diff unloads you will wish you had.
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Old 01-23-2013, 12:20 PM   #11
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Yeah I'm going to stick with the stock body. I've got other rigs to get creative with. For now at least, I want this one to be a real Bruiser.

Yeah it's fun! I haven't gotten very far, maybe page 3 in the manual. Pretty much just the front and rear leaf shackles and then started the diffs. You were right about it being a slower, more complicated build than an Axial.
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Old 01-23-2013, 01:36 PM   #12
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Okay so interesting fact here. I was reading through the Bruiser 101 section again and I got to the part about the differentials. It would appear that this is one of the features that was changed from the original Bruiser. The original didn't have differentials, it had a ring and pinion and then one way bearings which also caused the four wheel drive to only work while moving forward. I'm glad they worked that out!
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Cool.. I vote lock them both as well. One day, you'll wish you had. For as much hard use it'll see, locked is the way I'd go. You'll never say "man, I'm glad I have open diffs!"
Might as well make it as capable as it can be within its own limits.

You dont want somebody else coming along with a box stock bruiser that is more capable than yours!

Oh.. And more pics! I wanna see what up with this thing. Encourage others to buy this! Haha

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Old 01-23-2013, 06:13 PM   #14
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Yeah I think you guys are right. Locked it is. The nice thing is that it's just a screw in pin that I can remove if I want to. There's also a removable access screw so I can lock and unlock them without pulling the housing apart! Pretty slick.



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So just to point this out for anyone else with an older Bruiser, it looks like they upgraded the known problem at the knuckle connection.

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Old 01-23-2013, 09:31 PM   #16
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Well made a little progress tonight...

Here's the inside of the rear axle.



And here's where I am now. Because I know you're all wondering!





Diggin' the track bars!



I'll probably chino the springs eventually but because they've got bushings inside the eyelets I decided to leave them alone for now and see how it does. I'm not sure how important extreme articulation is on this rig right now.

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Old 01-24-2013, 12:24 AM   #17
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I love how much like areal truck it is

Only tiny
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Old 01-24-2013, 07:46 AM   #18
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LOL, yeah it's pretty cool!
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Old 01-24-2013, 08:48 PM   #19
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Well got the front axle mounted up this evening! Also got the shocks done. I really like the upper shock mounts, they're super scale!



Nice solid skid plate. More for looks than anything...there are a few too many screws and nuts down there for it to function well. I see why people do the u-bolt flip.



It's coming along! Time to stop for the night, I need to slow down here! The uber complicated transmission is next.

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Old 01-24-2013, 09:33 PM   #20
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I like that thing!
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